Albumn covers!

An albumn cover consists of many different things such as,

- Spine of the albumn

- Albumn title

- back cover (including songs)

- bar code

- Booklet

- Pictures of the artist/band

- information of the band/artist

- Information of songs

All these factors should be included within the albumn to help audiences to get to no the artists or the band, to help them to understand and create a relationship through their music, the more information that is included the more involved the audience will become with the music and with the artist or the band.

Spine labels display the products name. the barcode and the title. it becomes easier for someone to identify the cd in a crowded rack of cd's, without even having to pick the cd up first, when there is a cd with a top spine label, it gives it a 'major artist' feel to the product, which is always a good think for the record label and also the artist, as they become more recognisable.

An album title also quickly identifies the product, it seperates multiple albums from one artist if they have created more than one, which also makes it easier for someone to purchase this item even if it is not for them, as the album title will summarise what somebody is looking for, the album title is also quite a personal effect, it feels like a quote in which the artist has said as if they are trying to make a stament, explaining what their album is about and what point they are trying to put across.









The back cover of an album, shows a list of all the songs which are on that disc, it is a good way for people to identify what music they are spending there money on, and what the cd has in store for them and what it has to offer them, it is also a way of persuasion showing you all the songs which are included in the disc, highlighting all the other artists which are included helping you to decide wether this is the right albumn for you, also highlighting all the greatest hits. A back cover usually has a different picture of the artist helping you recognise song to face, maybe a sense of a little more inspiration and acknowledgedment of the music in which you are about to purchase.

The back of an albumn cover also has to include other aspects, such as the barcode, as it summarises the price of the albumn and what you have bought, and certain data of certain products, every item purchased has a barcode on it, it helps keep track of what is being sold and stops shoplifting, a barcode scans the price of the item, as not all albums are sold for the same price, in differnt stores the prices vary so it also helps keep track of what has been sold and the number of these items of which have been sold, helping to generate to the artist the number of albums in which the public have purchased.

Also a booklet is normally included, within an album, displaying information and pictures of and about the artist, it offers inside information about recording the songs, interviews maybe even a few personal details, to help you get to no and understand the artist in which you are buying music from.